What does it mean if an element in a mix is in the "side" AND "mid" channels
I am learning about panning and checking a mix trying to understand the panning being used in a particular song. The Verse of the song has a guitar that appears to be almost completely right panned with only a bit of signal coming through on the left channel. However in the chorus the guitar on the left comes in and the guitar can be heard both on left and right channels. I am not sure if the guitar in the chorus is the same guitar just panned centre now or if it is a double tracked guitar which is something I was hoping to figure out in my experiment.
Now the part where I get confused is the following. In my DAW, where I imported this song to reference, I open a plugin on the track by Voxengo which allows me to audition Mid and Side channels independently and when I try to listen to the "mid" channel the guitar is still there, but ALSO, when I listen to the "sides" channel the guitar is also there. If the guitar was centre panned in the chorus then it should dissapear when the side channel is being auditioned and if the guitar is double tracked or recorded in stereo, most of it would dissapear as the signals would be almost identical so how is it possible the the guitar is perfectly audible in both mid and side channels? Especially on the side channel the guitar is perfectly audible with no cancellation whatsoever.
I will attach a clip with a few bars before the chorus and once the chorus kicks in so you guys can have a listen and help me out in trying to understand what is going on in the mix
thank you!
I am learning about panning and checking a mix trying to understand the panning being used in a particular song. The Verse of the song has a guitar that appears to be almost completely right panned with only a bit of signal coming through on the left channel. However in the chorus the guitar on the left comes in and the guitar can be heard both on left and right channels. I am not sure if the guitar in the chorus is the same guitar just panned centre now or if it is a double tracked guitar which is something I was hoping to figure out in my experiment.
Now the part where I get confused is the following. In my DAW, where I imported this song to reference, I open a plugin on the track by Voxengo which allows me to audition Mid and Side channels independently and when I try to listen to the "mid" channel the guitar is still there, but ALSO, when I listen to the "sides" channel the guitar is also there. If the guitar was centre panned in the chorus then it should dissapear when the side channel is being auditioned and if the guitar is double tracked or recorded in stereo, most of it would dissapear as the signals would be almost identical so how is it possible the the guitar is perfectly audible in both mid and side channels? Especially on the side channel the guitar is perfectly audible with no cancellation whatsoever.
I will attach a clip with a few bars before the chorus and once the chorus kicks in so you guys can have a listen and help me out in trying to understand what is going on in the mix
thank you!